. >> dan? >> well, first of all, i think it was extraordinary and we can't underscore the importance of him saying that lesbian and gay sisters and brothers are equal, that their rights are equal. this is groundbreaking for western civilization. it's very, very extraordinary. i also think it's important, he didn't back down from the fight. he decided he was going to step forward, he was going to make this case for his own values, and he was going to put those values in the context of the deepest american values. in that way much like reagan. reagan didn't back down from the fight. he tried to frame the fight in very deep, historical terms and values all americans could believe in. he did stand up on the question of climate change, he did stand up on the question of clean energy. these are important things. he had to speak to his coalition in terms that would resonate with the country, and he spoke -- it is a rainbow coalition. he spoke to poverty, he spoke to women, he spoke to african-american